NSA was targeted to weaken US military standing on the global platform, in an attempt to transfer power to not just rogue agencies but state (and non-state) actors. This was in addition to transfer of wealth, industrial capacity, and yes even uranium, in order to systematically weakening the US.
Why? In the words of Reagan…
Because we are a shining city upon a hill. Because if we lose freedom here, there is no place to escape to. This is the last stand on earth.